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That year, her often-used windmill fastball pitch was timed with a radar gun at 96 miles per hour (154 km/h), [16] though she and her coach were unsure of the figure's accuracy. [17] She explained that she changes her pitch throughout the season but throws the four basic pitches: curve, rise, dropball, and change up. [17]
A radar speed gun, also known as a radar gun, speed gun, or speed trap gun, is a device used to measure the speed of moving objects. It is commonly used by police to check the speed of moving vehicles while conducting traffic enforcement , and in professional sports to measure speeds such as those of baseball pitches , [ 1 ] tennis serves , and ...
The year 1990 was a very momentous occasion for the USSSA as the first slo-pitch softball tour of the Soviet Union occurred, with the team traveling through and playing in Moscow, Leningrad, and Tallinn. In 1991, the USSSA added world tournaments for Black Americans and Women. Jim Swint also became the ninth National President.
The right fielder didn’t have All-America on her radar at the beginning of her career. Duke head coach Marissa Young played in the Women’s College World Series when she pitched at Michigan.
Nina Teresa Korgan was born in Pottawatamie, Iowa to Fred J. Korgan, a farmer and thresher, and Nina Olga (Rupenkamp) Korgan. [2] In an era when extramural women’s sports were not available in high schools, Korgan was an all-around athlete from a young age, playing volleyball, basketball, baseball, soccer, captain ball, and tennis at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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In 2015, Baseball Factory announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Pocket Radar, provider of innovative speed measurement technology designed for coaching and training. Pocket Radar's Ball Coach model is the Official Radar Gun of Baseball Factory and is integrated into all Baseball and Softball Factory events across the nation.
The Amateur Softball Association stepped in to fill the void by organizing the 1983 tournament and another in 1984. Those four years were the only time that major college slow-pitch teams competed for national collegiate titles, although small NAIA schools and junior colleges also conducted their own slow-pitch championships into the 1990s.